Hannah Odam gets a tattoo of Nirvana's iconic smiley face logo from Andy Perez during an event celebrating the rerelease of Nirvana's 1993 album "In Utero." Dozens of fans of the Seattle band came to Silver Platters in Seattle's Sodo neighborhood where they were given free tattoos of the logo if they purchased the reissue of the album. less

Hannah Odam gets a tattoo of Nirvana's iconic smiley face logo from Andy Perez during an event celebrating the rerelease of Nirvana's 1993 album "In Utero." Dozens of fans of the Seattle band came to Silver ... more

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Ryan Gibbons of radio station KZOK gets a tattoo of Nirvana's iconic smiley face logo.

Ryan Gibbons of radio station KZOK gets a tattoo of Nirvana's iconic smiley face logo.

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Customers Alexa Swarthout, right, and Alex Jones purchase a copy of "In Utero" during an event celebrating the rerelease of Nirvana's 1993 album.

Customers Alexa Swarthout, right, and Alex Jones purchase a copy of "In Utero" during an event celebrating the rerelease of Nirvana's 1993 album.

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Jake Gravbrot has his smiley face logo tattoo photographed.

Jake Gravbrot has his smiley face logo tattoo photographed.

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Shoshannah Moxley gets a tattoo of Nirvana's iconic smiley face logo.

Shoshannah Moxley gets a tattoo of Nirvana's iconic smiley face logo.

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Hannah Evans gets a tattoo of Nirvana's iconic smiley face logo during an event celebrating the rerelease of Nirvana's 1993 album "In Utero."

Hannah Evans gets a tattoo of Nirvana's iconic smiley face logo during an event celebrating the rerelease of Nirvana's 1993 album "In Utero."

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Nirvana's album "In Utero." is shown at Silver Platters in Seattle's Sodo neighborhood.

Nirvana's album "In Utero." is shown at Silver Platters in Seattle's Sodo neighborhood.

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A fan gets a tattoo of Nirvana's iconic smiley face logo.

A fan gets a tattoo of Nirvana's iconic smiley face logo.

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Ryan Gibbons of radio station KZOK gets a tattoo of Nirvana's iconic smiley face logo.

Ryan Gibbons of radio station KZOK gets a tattoo of Nirvana's iconic smiley face logo.

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Fans wait to get tattoos of Nirvana's iconic smiley face logo.

Fans wait to get tattoos of Nirvana's iconic smiley face logo.

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Jake Gravbrot gets a tattoo of Nirvana's iconic smiley face logo.

Jake Gravbrot gets a tattoo of Nirvana's iconic smiley face logo.

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A fan gets a tattoo of Nirvana's iconic smiley face logo.

A fan gets a tattoo of Nirvana's iconic smiley face logo.

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Fans get tattoos of Nirvana's iconic smiley face logo.

Fans get tattoos of Nirvana's iconic smiley face logo.

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Nirvana fans go under the needle to celebrate album reissue

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Hannah Evans was about 4 years old when Nirvana’s album “In Utero” was released. Now 24, she distinctly remembers her mom, Amy Palmer, jamming to the sounds of Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl. “We bonded over music,” she said.

On the 20th anniversary of the release of that iconic, raw and emotional album, Evans and her mom stood in line with dozens of other Nirvana fans at Silver Platters in Seattle’s SoDo neighborhood Tuesday, ready to permanently mark their affection for Nirvana on their bodies.

Customers that purchased the reissued album at Silver Platters on Tuesday were given free tattoos of the iconic Nirvana smiley face logo to celebrate the re-release.

“In Utero,” released in 1993, was Nirvana’s last studio album. The album featured the songs “Heart Shaped Box,” “All Apologies” and “Rape Me.” On Tuesday, a reissue of the album was released as a three-CD, 89-track set that includes a DVD, 56-page book and poster.

Sliver Platters owner Mike Batt said the business wanted to do something a little different. Often releases are accompanied by stickers, posters and lithographs, he said. But instead, for the “In Utero” reissue, tattoo artists Andy Perez and Josh Egnew came in from Brooklyn, N.Y., as part of the album promotion to ink the customers.